half red, half green Appel

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				Million to one apple is half red, half green

Fruit grower Ken Morrish was left stunned when he found a golden delicious 
  apple on his tree split exactly half green, half red down the middle.

	Published: 7:00AM BST 25 Sep 2009

					Ken
Morrish, 72, of Colaton Raleigh, Devon, did a double take when he grew
a Golden Delicious apple split down the middle - one half was green and
the other red
					Photo: ARCHANT

The fruit's striking colouring is thought to be caused by a random genetic 
  mutation at odds of more than a million to one. 

The apple has caused such a stir in the village of Colaton Raleigh, Devon, 
  that Mr Morrish is inundated with neighbours queuing up to take pictures of 
  it. 

		 Mr Morrish, 72, who has been harvesting the apples from trees in his garden 
  for 45 years, said: "It's truly amazing. 

 "It looks as if a green apple and a red apple has been cut in half and 
  stuck together." 

He said that he was out picking a few apples for his sister-in-law when he 
  spotted the fruit hanging from a bough. 

Mr Morrish, a retired painter and decorator, added: "I couldn't believe 
  my eyes. The red and green split through the stem is totally perfect – as if 
  I've painted it. 

 "It's a genuine one-off and none of us have ever seen an apple like it 
  before." 

Experts believe that the odds of finding an apple with such a perfect line 
  between the green and the red are more than a million to one. 

In such cases, the red side usually tastes sweeter than the green side – 
  because it has seen more sunshine during its growth. 

John Breach, chairman of the British Independent Fruit Growers Association, 
  told the Daily Mail: "I've never seen this happen before to a golden 
  delicious. It is extremely rare. It is an extreme mutation. 

 "There has been the occasional case of this type reported. If there was 
  a whole branch of apples with the same colouring then fruit experts would 
  get even more excited." 

Jim Arbury, fruit superintendent at RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey, said it was 
  probably the "result of a random genetic mutation". 

 "This is known as a chimera where one of the first two cells has 
  developed differently giving rise to one half of the apple being different," 
  he said. 

 "It is unlikely to be a stable mutation but it is worth checking next 
  year to see if it recurs. There are instances of some striped apples and 
  pears where the mutation remains stable including one striped pear in the 
  collection at Wisley called Pysanka." 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6229243/Million-to-one-apple-is-half-red-half-green.html

half red, half green Appel

Million to one apple is half red, half green

Fruit grower Ken Morrish was left stunned when he found a golden delicious apple on his tree split exactly half green, half red down the middle.